Frank Uhle talks with actor, director, and writer Simon Callow, author of the memoir Being an Actor and acclaimed biographies of Charles Dickens, Richard Wagner, and Charles Laughton. Callow is working on the fourth and final volume of his definitive account of the life of Orson Welles for Jonathan Cape/Viking. They discuss life on the British […]
Guest host Amanda Uhle speaks with Chris Van Allsburg, author/illustrator of 19 books for children and illustrator of three more. Mr. Van Allsburg came to Ann Arbor recently to promote the newest Jumanji film, which had its Michigan premiere as a fundraiser for Hospice of Michigan and Arbor Hospice. They talk about his creative process, the journey from
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From the archive: 2013 A. Van Jordan reads poems from The Cineaste (W. W. Norton & Company 2014). We talk about the love of film, family, and organists. We talk about disappearing and emerging in stories. We also have a drum roll! http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2013-05-15-160001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio Original airdate: May 15, 2013
Ish Klein reads from Moving Day published by Canarium Books. We talk about the momentum of long poems, connection and compassion, filmmaking and puppets. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2011-04-06-163001-EDT.mp3 Download Audio photo credit: Nerve Lantern
